US Airways Flight 1549 crashed into the frigid Hudson River this afternoon. The flight crashed shortly after takeoff from New York’s LaGuardia Airport, en route to Charlotte, North Carolina.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the pilot reported hitting a bird shortly before the crash. The AP reports that the plane struck one or more birds, which disabled two of the planes engines.
CNN reports that all crew and passengers are off the sinking plane and alive.
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